Michael Owen predicts Leeds United v West Ham
Michael Owen has predicted West Ham to convincingly pick up three points against Leeds United on Sunday in the Premier League.
Despite the Whites winning their last league game and showing plenty of promise, the former Liverpool forward does not fancy them to win.
He expects a repeat of the FA Cup clash despite the fact that Leeds had a number of youngsters playing in that one.
Predicting a 3-1 West Ham win, Owen told Bet Victor, “West Ham are in good goalscoring form, that’s now nine goals in their last three Premier League games. Jarrod Bowen was again the star of the show against Norwich. He scored two, which could easily have been three or four. His movement from wide areas is excellent.
“Leeds have been one of the league’s worst sides on their travels this season. The win over Burnley in their last has given them some breathing room from the bottom three though.
“It may not have been their full-strength teams, but West Ham were comfortable in that 2-0 FA Cup win over Leeds last week. I can see similar here. 3-1 to West Ham.”
Loss incoming?
The Hammers have shown that they’re a flaky side that have struggled against teams in the bottom half.
If Leeds start this one strongly then they’ve got every chance to pick up maximum points from this encounter.
They’ve received an injury boost in the build-up to the game and it would be fantastic if Patrick Bamford is fit enough to play.
He has been missed as a focal point leading the attack and the team look a lot stronger with him in the playing eleven.
Hopefully, they can put the FA Cup defeat behind them and focus on this like it’s a completely different ball game.
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